Clip for hitching-straps



(No Model.) v P. S. EASTMAN.

A CLIP P0P 'HITGING STRAPS. N0.304,188. Patented Aug.'z6,1884.

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PETER S. yEASTMAN, OF OSAGE, IOWA.

CLIP FOR HlTCHlNG-STRAPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,188, dated August;26, 1884.

(No model.)

.To all whom, t may concern.'

Be it known that I, PETER S. Eas'rMAN, of Osage, in the county ofMitchell and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvementin- Clips for Hitching-Straps, of which the following is a fnll, clear,and exact description.

My invention consists in a clip for fastening the free end of abitching-strap while driving, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a front perspective view of my improved device, and Fig. 2is a sectional `side view of the same.

A plate, A, preferably stamped up from thin sheet metal tosecurelightness, forinsthe support for the clip, and the plate has holesat its ends, so that it can be fastened byscrews or rivets to thepad-skirt of the harness. A wire, B, bent double, has its ends passedthrough apertures a/ and made fast at the under side of upper end of theplate, and is passed at B behind a loop, a, formed or attached at thebottom of the plate, the bight of the wire coming out at the front so asto form a spring tang or arm, I), between the Wires. The strap c ispassed down behind the tang, and is thus clamped so that it shall notbecome loose by accident, but 'can be readily removed for bitchingpurposes.

' This device is simple and convenient, and saves the trouble of tyingthe strap, as usually practiced.

I do not limit myself to the exact form and construction shown. u

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, the holderforhitching-straps hereindescribed, consisting of the plate A, providedwith apertures a and loop a, and the double wire B, secured at its endswithin the aperture a and then passed behind the loop a and outin frontof and above said loop and between the wires, as shown, to form thespring tang or arm b, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination,with the plate A, formed with apertures a c, of thedouble wire B, seo cured at its ends within the apertures a and bentinward and outward, as shown at B', and then upward to form thespring-tongue b,

which tongue is between the straight portiony ofthe wires, substantiallyas shown and described.

PETER S. EASTMAN.

Witnesses:

W. E. OWEN, FRANK MINTGER.

